The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA
A large brick warehouse viii be built at
Calhoun soon.
Social Circle has company for the manu-
facture of fertilizers.
The Presbyterians will build a new
church at GAINESVILLE.
A street railroad and water works are
reported to be built at Albany.
James r. Cravens is erecting hub, spoke
and wheel factory at Ringgold.
Parker, Peacock & Co have lately start
ed a barrel factory at Hawkinsville
A company is being formed to erect an
incandescent electric plant in Macon.
The Georgia Midland railroad will be
completed to Griffin by next Monday or
Tuesday.
Harmony Grove will cast its stock solidlv
toward getting the Northeastern through to
Knoxville.
A fortune teller from Banks county is in
Athens telling fortunes with cards. Happy
Atheniansl
The Davenport Manufacturing Company.
of Americas, will not move to Macon, as
lately stated.
S. s. Parsons is preparing to erect a
planning mill and a sash and door factory at
Sandersv!lle.
Mr. Minister, an Athens ieweller, has in
vented an eyeglasS hinge that will make
him fortune.
The Elberton Air Line Railroad Company
contemplate changing their road to the
standard gauge.
E. w. Marsh & Co. have an electric LIGHT
plant at their Salt Springs Hotel and are
running 450 lights.
Mr.. Oglesby, of Elberton, found his runa-
way negro working for Mr.. j. j. Daniel,
down in Oglethorpe
A proposition has been made to build gas
and water works at Griffin, which will
probably be accepted.
The AthenianS are very uneasy about the
Macon and Covington railroad They don't
like the looks of things.
Greensboro has champion croouet club
which meets every afternoon, and numbers
some very fine players
The contract to build the McRae court
house has been let to John Renwick, of
Lumber City, at 81, $50.
The Printup City and Forestville Street
Railroad Company will be organized by
John G. Printup and others.
The Athens Foundry and Machine works
are now putting material on the ground for
new warehouse, 75x90 feet.
Capt Lyons Gainesville. has been an
pointed to travel for the Piedmont Fair As
sociation and solicit exhibits.
A wealthy and prominent merchant of
Rome will move to Athens and open a fur
niture store next fall, we learn.
Mr.. Van Hose, of Gainesville, is build
ing two-story brick school building, 50xS0
feet. chapel below, school-rooms above
Cards are out for the marriage, on next
Thursday afternoon, of Miss Katie Killen,
of Perry, to DR.. G. T. Miller, of Americas
Judge Thornton's two-acre lot at Green's
lboro turned out fifty-five bushels of wheat.
THE threshing was done by Mr.. H. T. Evans.
Miss Florence Tyree, of Millen, was mar
ried Thursday night to Mr.. Frank Arden.
the wellknown engineer on the Central rail-
road.
A bill will be introduced in the Legisla-
ture to authorize Fulton county to issue
bonds to the amount of $500, 900 to improve
public roads.
A great many of the railroads have sent
passes to members of the Legislature over
their lines. The interstate commerce bill
has no terrors for them.
The Rome Gas Company put twenty men
70 work Thursday putting in the mains for
gbaSoto gas. Two carloads of piping also
arrived to complete the work.
The City Council of Athens have under
consideration the subject of a sewerage sys-
tenn for their city. Nothing definite yet on
account of the water works fuss.
There are three pretty lady book canvas
sers in Athens, and they all appear to be do
ing good business. The Athens boys are
too gallant to say no, you know.
The New South Woven Cord Furniture
Company, lately reported as chartered by
T. II. Shook, w. NJ. Scott and others, of
Atlanta, has capital stock of $50, 200.
Samuel Walker has decided to build q
system OF water works to furnish MilIedge-
vile with water, and there is no doubt of
his carrying the project through success
fully.
Philip Clements, who lives near Walkers
church, Green county, was robbed of 200
pounds of bacon Saturday night last The
thief was discriminative enough to know
where to get good meat.
An now chilluns, de jubilee am come, fer
the water milluns are ripe. Milluns, black
berries an fish, Dis am de Ian fur free mig.
gers, an doan you forget it, is the ecstatic
murmuring of a cambridge colored sister.
One of the dealing boxes captured in At
lanta from the gamblers, was once examined
ID Athens by a jeweler and pronounced the
finest piece OF workmanship he ever saw
The box was made out of pure silver and
cost $500.
Attorney General Anderson has notified
the Comptroller General that he will be in
Atlanta on June Is, to represent the State
IN the hearing of the mandamus case
brought by the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Association of New York
John A. FIFTEEN, Reuben Jones, L. NJ
Clarke, r. G. Clark, Louis Gholstin. A. II.
Cox, and Others, have chartered the Ameri-
can Railway Equipment Company; capital
stock Sl,000,000. It's object is TO buy, sell
and manufacture railroad cars, etc.
Mr. Seay, of Athens, who has been trav-
cling extensively in all of the adjoining
counties, tells the Banner Wdtchmdn that
the crops are finer than ever known before.
The cotton crop in the upper portion of
jackson was badly damaged by hail.
The Macon Construction Company have
organized with w. B. Sparks as President:
jeff Lane, Vice President and General Man
eyer, and A. J.. Jewett, Secretary and
Treasurer. They viii soon begin work on
the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad.
Henry c. Griffin, cambridge bow is one
of the largest and most successful railroad
contractors in Florida. Horace c.. Curry. a
cambridge boy, does the largest cross-tie
business in that State The cambridge
boys are making themselves felt in the Land
OF Flowers.
The tank at tho Athens ice factory burst
Thursday and the company are receiving
Ice ice from Augusta te supply their customers.
Inc factory seems an unfortunate invest
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